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4- A party may apply to the Judge to decide before the trial of the
cause any question of law raised by any pleading, and the Judge shall
thereupon make such order as he shall think fit.
5. Any person becoming a party after the filing of a petition, shall, after
making a claim, or by leave of the Judge, be entitled to a copy of; the
petition, and shall within seven days of the receipt thereof plead thereto
as in Rules 1 and 2 stated.
Forms of pleadings will be found in Appendix A, Nos. 13 (i) to (iv).
ORDER VIII.
Particulars.
In any cause the Judge may, on the application of any party by
summons, order particulars in writing of any allegation contained in any
pleading or other document to be delivered by a party upon such terms
as he may think just.
Forms of order and of particulars will be found in Appendix A, Nos. 14
and 15.
ORDER IX.
Discovery, Inspection, and Admission of Documents and Facts.
1. Any party to a cause or matter may apply to the Judge for an order
directing any party other than the proper officer of the Crown to make
discovery on oath of the documents which are or have been in his possession
or power, relating to any matter in question therein, and the Judge shall
make such order, either generally or limited to certain classes of documents,
as he may think fit. Provided that discovery shall not be ordered unless
the Judge shall be of opinion that it is necessary either for disposing
fairly of the cause or for saving costs.
2. The affidavit, to be made by any person against whom an Order for
discovery of documents has been made under Rule 1, shall specify which,
if any, of any of the documents therein mentioned he objects to produce
and it shall be in the Form No. 16 of Appendix A with such variations
as circumstances may require.
3. On the hearing of any application for discovery of documents the
Judge in lieu of ordering an affidavit of documents to be filed may order
that the party from whom discovery is sought shall deliver to the other
parties a list of the documents which are or have been in his possession,
custody or power relating to the matters in question. Such list shall as
nearly as may be follow the form of the affidavit in the Form No. 16 of
Appendix A. Provided that the ordering of such list shall not preclude
ihe Judge from afterwards ordering the party to make and file an affidavit
of documents.
4. Any party to a cause may, for the purposes of the hearing of a cause,
serve a notice (Appendix A, Form No. 17) on any other party to produce,
for inspection or for the purpose of being copied, any document in his
possession or power relating to any matter in question in the cause.
5. If the party served with notice to produce omits or refuses to do so
within the time specified in the notice, the adverse party may apply to
the Judge for an order to produce, and the Judge may, if he thinks fit.
make such order.
6. Notice to produce documents at the hearing or at an examination of
witnesses shall be in the Form No. 18 of Appendix A, with such variations
as the circumstances may require.